1.3.12 Compression of cylindrical shells with general contact

Product: ABAQUS/Explicit  

Problem description

Results and discussion

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Figures

Figure 1.3.12–1 Initial configuration of the cylinders in the box from front and oblique views (front and right box walls removed).

Figure 1.3.12–2 Deformed shape at 5.0 msec (contact pair analysis on the left, general contact analysis on the right).

Figure 1.3.12–3 Deformed shape at 10.0 msec (contact pair analysis on the left, general contact analysis on the right).

Figure 1.3.12–4 Time histories of the total kinetic energy, work, plastic dissipation, and internal energy.